From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-04-29T15:35:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Sprintf: what does mean the percent symbol?

Robert Klemme wrote:
> it's a float format and not a string format.
> 
>> Or
>> 
>> "%.3f" % "1.2345"
>> => "1.234"
> 
> Same here:
> 
> "%.3f" % 1.2345
> 

According to pickaxe2, p. 606,  "%" is the name of an instance method in 
the String class, and its syntax is:

str % arg

The return value is a string.


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